Rob Stone (born September 22, 1962) is an American actor and director from

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, best known for playing teen Kevin Owens on the 1985–1990 sitcom ''

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''. He later became a writer and director of documentary films, and also performed as part of a band.

Biography

Stone is a native of Dallas and is the son of Dr. Marvin and Jill Stone. His father was chief of oncology at the Sammons Cancer Center at

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. Stone began acting at the age of 13, first appearing onstage in a production of "Santa Fe Sunshine" at the

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. In 1982, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting degree at the

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's drama school. In addition to his role on ''Mr. Belvedere'', Stone also appeared in an episode of the American television shows '' The Facts of Life'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Matlock''.

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, writing in ''

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'', called Stone's acting in one episode of Mr. Belvedere "very sensitive". Discussing that episode, he wrote "The subtle interplay between the two young people (played by Rob Stone and Debbie Barker) provided some of the most touching and skillful scenes I've ever seen on television." In 1986, Stone established Vienna Productions to make documentary films. The company's first project was a short film on homelessness called ''The Sidewalk Motel'', made in 1990. The film starred

Christopher Hewett Christopher George Hewett (5 April 1921 – 3 August 2001) was an English actor and theatre director best known for his role as Lynn Aloysius Belvedere on the ABC sitcom ''Mr. Belvedere''. Career Hewett was born in Worthing, Sussex to Chris ...

and

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. Hewett and Stone had previously worked together on ''Mr. Belvedere'', in which Hewett played the title role.

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performed

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's song "I Ain't Got No Home" for this film. It "was shot under a Screen Actors Guild experimental letter agreement that is designed to help new directors with non-commercial projects." Also produced by the company was the two-hour

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documentary ''Blue Angels: Around the World At the Speed of Sound'', hosted by

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. The film was shown on the

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, and won a

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in 1995. Other documentaries directed by Stone or produced by his production company include ''Thunder Over the Pacific'', hosted by

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, and ''Into the Wild Blue'', hosted by

Tom Skerritt Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962. He is known for his film roles in ''M*A*S*H'', ''Alien'', '' The Dead Zone'', ''Top Gun'', '' A R ...

, both shown on

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; ''The 30th Anniversary of Title IX'', featuring

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; and ''Sir William Osler: Science and the Art of Medicine'', narrated by

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. In 1998, Stone directed ''One Vision'', a documentary about film directing, which included interviews with

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Rob Reiner Robert Norman Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence with the role of Michael "Meathead" Stivic on the CBS sitcom ''All in the Family'' (1971–1979), a performanc ...

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, and

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Filmography

References

External links

Vienna Productions - Rob Stone's Company
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Rob 1962 births Living people Male actors from Dallas American directors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors American documentary filmmakers Greenhill School alumni